WAUSAU - A project dedicated to making Wausau a more welcoming place for everyone will celebrate progress and help chart a path for the community.

Toward One Wausau will hold an event Oct. 20 at the Northcentral Technical College cafeteria to reveal what it found after a year of information gathering about issues surrounding diversity and discrimination. The project surveyed residents online and held a series of 21 public deliberations on matters of race, ethnicity and culture in the community.

Toward One Wausau launched after the homicide case of Hmong teenager Dylan Yang and subsequent peace march revealed racial tensions within the community. Several different groups participated in the project, including the Wausau and D.C. Everest school districts, Marathon County Sheriff's Department and Hmong American Center.

The project is sponsored by the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service, Wausau Daily Herald and Wisconsin Public Radio.

Maysee Herr of Wausau, Wis. on her participation in the city's Toward One Wausau project.

Event attendees will be able to share their reactions to Toward One Wausau's takeaways. There will also be 30-minute table discussions on what steps the community can take next.

"We just need to keep working towards attitudes that are hopefully more open and accepting," said Laura Hunt, co-chair of Toward One Wausau's executive committee.

Hunt said another aim of the event is to bring people together who might not normally run in the same social circles and celebrate the spirit of diversity in Wausau. Outside of discussions about the project's findings, people will be able to enjoy ethnic food and music from David Deon and the Soul Inspirations, featuring Chris Norfleet.